Fox News anchor John Roberts deleted a tweet on Monday that suggested former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s death from COVID-19 complications raises “new concerns” about COVID-19 vaccines.
Powell’s family announced on Monday that he died of complications from COVID even though he was fully vaccinated.
“The fact that Colin Powell died from a breakthrough COVID infection raises new concerns about how effective vaccines are long-term,” Roberts said in a tweet.
Roberts deleted the tweet after he was criticized for leaving out the fact that Powell, 84 had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that weakens the body’s ability to protect against infections.
Roberts explained in a series tweets that he’d deleted the tweet because it had been interpreted as being “anti-vax.”
“I deleted my tweet about the tragic death of Colin Powell because many people interpreted it as anti-vax. It was not. I was excited to get vaccinated, hoping it would help speed a return to ‘normal life’,” he said.
